the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet: via Latin from the early Greek koppa, a borrowing from the Phoenician
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English words, where it is typically followed by u (except in words borrowed from Arabic), the (kw) of queen or (k) of conquer
a type or impression for q or Q
the seventeenth in a sequence or group
an object shaped like
adjective
of q or Q
seventeenth in a sequence or group
shaped like
quart
quarter
quarterly
quarto
query
question
quintal
quire
noun
Electronics the ratio of energy stored to energy lost in a component or substance
Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter q.
The 17th in a series.
Something shaped like the letter Q.
Q A hypothetical lost manuscript, consisting largely of sayings of Jesus, that is believed to have been the source of those passages in Matthew and Luke that bear close similarity to each other but not to parallel passages in Mark.